MACAO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The number of meeting, incentive, conference and exhibition (MICE) events held in Macao in the third quarter of 2020 and the total number of participants both increased quarter-to-quarter, the special administrative region's statistic service said here on Thursday.
The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the number of MICE events held in the third quarter increased by 25 quarter-to-quarter to 63. The total number of participants jumped by 1,281.1 percent to 297,000.
However, the number for MICE events still recorded year-on-year decrease of 278, and the number of participants slid by 49.0 percent, the DSEC report added.
There were 53 meetings and conferences held in the third quarter, a drop of 267 year-on-year. The number of participants fell by 93.9 percent to 3,428. Those with a duration of less than four hours totaled 38, with the number of participants decreasing by 71.8 percent to 2,489.
The average duration of the meetings and conferences shortened by 0.8 day year-on-year to 0.7 day, and the total used floor area declined by 92.8 percent to 17,000 square meters.
The number of exhibitions in the third quarter went down by seven year-on-year to 10, all of which were held by non-government organizations. The attendees totaled 294,000, a drop of 44.1 percent.
The average duration of the exhibitions extended by 0.1 day year-on-year to 3.6 days, whereas the total used floor area reduced by 34.7 percent to 40,000 square meters.
In the first three quarters of 2020, a total of 215 MICE events were held, a decrease of 860 year-on-year. The total number of participants and attendees dropped by 68.6 percent to 399,000.
The number of meetings and conferences, and exhibitions decreased by 829 and 22 year-on-year respectively to 198 and 15, with the numbers of participants declining by 88.7 percent and 64.5 percent to 22,000 and 376,000 respectively. Enditem
